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Columbia Companion to Twentieth-Century Philosophies is the first guide to cover both the Anglo-American analytic and European continental traditions. Organized thematically, the volume thoroughly discusses the major movements and fields of each tradition and features the contributions of highly distinguished specialists in their fields.

This book is divided into three sections. The first is devoted to highlighting the multidimensional work of philosophers identified with the analytic tradition, with Nicholas Rescher writing on neoidealism, Josephine Donovan commenting on feminist philosophy, Tyler Burge discussing the philosophy of language and mind, and Robert Hanna reflecting on Kant's legacy. The second section presents the thought of those who identified themselves with the continental tradition, featuring Jean Grondin on hermeneutics, Leonard Lawlor on phenomenology, Charles Scott on postmodernism, and Babette Babich on the philosophy of science.

This volume also covers logical positivism, naturalism, pragmatism, aesthetics, existentialism, Marxism, the Frankfurt School, structuralism, psychoanalysis, political philosophy, ethics, and the philosophy of religion. The final section addresses concurrent trends in Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and African philosophy, and a comprehensive introduction by the editor not only provides a thorough outline of the problems and issues of the analytic and continental traditions but also boldly challenges the conviction that the two approaches must be rivals. Columbia Companion to Twentieth-Century Philosophies is an invaluable overview of the ideas that have shaped a monumentally important century in the history of philosophy, offering an unusually panoramic perspective that allows readers to form their own interpretations of original materials.

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David Carr

Constantin V. Boundas has assembled a stellar cast of writers who provide valuable insights into an incredible range of tiopics. The chapters are not isolated from one another but are cross-referenced and interconnected. There is a real attempt to make sense of the wide spectrum of twentieth-century philosophy.

Keith Ansell Pearson

This is a volume of real merit and distinction. The coverage is comprehensive and wide-ranging, while the chapters are uniformly thorough and informative. It will prove of enormous value to students and teachers alike and can be strongly recommended for anyone looking for a reliable and instructive guide to philosophical developments and movements in the twentieth century.

— Keith Ansell Pearson, professor of philosophy, University of Warwick

David Carr

Constantin V. Boundas has assembled a stellar cast of writers who provide valuable insights into an incredible range of tiopics. The chapters are not isolated from one another but are cross-referenced and interconnected. There is a real attempt to make sense of the wide spectrum of twentieth-century philosophy.

Keith Ansell-Pearson

This is a volume of real merit and distinction. The coverage is comprehensive and wide-ranging, while the chapters are uniformly thorough and informative. It will prove of enormous value to students and teachers alike and can be strongly recommended for anyone looking for a reliable and instructive guide to philosophical developments and movements in the twentieth century.

Keith Ansell Pearson

This is a volume of real merit and distinction. The coverage is comprehensive and wide-ranging, while the chapters are uniformly thorough and informative. It will prove of enormous value to students and teachers alike and can be strongly recommended for anyone looking for a reliable and instructive guide to philosophical developments and movements in the twentieth century.

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Constantin V. Boundas is professor emeritus of philosophy at Trent University in Ontario and a member of the Trent Centre for the Study of Theory, Politics, and Culture. He is the editor of The Deleuze Reader, Deleuze and Philosophy, and Gilles Deleuze's Logic of Sense and translator of Deleuze's Empiricism and Subjectivity.

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